diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04451df4..2edd9412 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .pioenvs
 .piolibdeps
 .vscode
+!.vscode/extensions.json
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8281e64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+	// See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=827846
+	// for the documentation about the extensions.json format
+	"recommendations": [
+		"platformio.platformio-ide"
+	]
+}
\ No newline at end of file